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EPISODE · Mar 2, 2026 · 53 MIN

This AI generates $689K

from The Next New Thing · host Andrew Warner

Presented by Zapierhttps://zapier.com/ Episode Highlights / Timestamps00:00 AI that runs your company01:03 How Polsia’s agents are structured02:33 One-click Meta ads explained04:30 Why friction kills growth06:18 Subscription model + nightly CEO agent08:24 Launching multiple companies as a “fund”10:21 Revenue split: 80/20 alignment14:24 The Polsia economy vision16:30 A real customer story19:39 Should you build elsewhere first?24:09 How Polsia grew from $20K to $600K+ run rate25:12 The AI fundraising stunt27:00 Live revenue dashboard explained34:57 Live demo: launching a company42:18 Tasks, credits, and iterations49:30 Solo founder with AI engineers52:12 Humans selling to humans vs agents selling to agentsIn this episode of The Next New Thing, Andrew Warner interviews Ben Cera, creator of Polsia — a platform where autonomous agents build, market, and operate companies with minimal human involvement.Polsia sets up the infrastructure (server, database, email, GitHub), builds the MVP, runs Meta ads, sends cold emails, posts on Twitter, answers support, and even iterates on product decisions.Ben is a solo founder. Zero employees.And Polsia is already showing a ~$600K+ run rate across subscriptions, tasks, ad usage, and revenue share — just weeks after launch.But here’s the surprising part:Most of the companies on the platform are only weeks old. The biggest revenue-generating startup inside Polsia is still early. This isn’t about overnight unicorns. It’s about a new operating model.You bring the idea.Polsia spins up the company.You decide the budget.The agents execute.And Polsia takes 20% of revenue — aligning incentives with the founder.

Presented by Zapierhttps://zapier.com/ Episode Highlights / Timestamps00:00 AI that runs your company01:03 How Polsia’s agents are structured02:33 One-click Meta ads explained04:30 Why friction kills growth06:18 Subscription model + nightly CEO agent08:24 Launching multiple companies as a “fund”10:21 Revenue split: 80/20 alignment14:24 The Polsia economy vision16:30 A real customer story19:39 Should you build elsewhere first?24:09 How Polsia grew from $20K to $600K+ run rate25:12 The AI fundraising stunt27:00 Live revenue dashboard explained34:57 Live demo: launching a company42:18 Tasks, credits, and iterations49:30 Solo founder with AI engineers52:12 Humans selling to humans vs agents selling to agentsIn this episode of The Next New Thing, Andrew Warner interviews Ben Cera, creator of Polsia — a platform where autonomous agents build, market, and operate companies with minimal human involvement.Polsia sets up the infrastructure (server, database, email, GitHub), builds the MVP, runs Meta ads, sends cold emails, posts on Twitter, answers support, and even iterates on product decisions.Ben is a solo founder. Zero employees.And Polsia is already showing a ~$600K+ run rate across subscriptions, tasks, ad usage, and revenue share — just weeks after launch.But here’s the surprising part:Most of the companies on the platform are only weeks old. The biggest revenue-generating startup inside Polsia is still early. This isn’t about overnight unicorns. It’s about a new operating model.You bring the idea.Polsia spins up the company.You decide the budget.The agents execute.And Polsia takes 20% of revenue — aligning incentives with the founder.

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Presented by Zapierhttps://zapier.com/ Episode Highlights / Timestamps00:00 AI that runs your company01:03 How Polsia’s agents are structured02:33 One-click Meta ads explained04:30 Why friction kills growth06:18 Subscription model + nightly CEO...

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